(house agreed to the speaker's approval of the journal of tuesday, march 5, 1996.)

On Mar 6, 1996, the House voted 346–65 on “On Approving the Journal”. Result: Passed. By party: Republicans 209–17, Democrats 136–48, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 65 members voted against their own party.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Passed
Yes: 346
No: 65
Did not vote: 32
Date: Mar 6, 1996

By party

Republicans209 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
Democrats136 yes · 48 no · 22 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Robert Terry Everett R-AL voted no
Earl Frederick Hilliard D-AL voted no
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA voted no
George Miller D-CA voted no
Richard William Pombo R-CA voted no
Matthew G. Martínez D-CA voted no
Maxine Waters D-CA voted no
Jay C. Kim R-CA voted no
George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA voted no
Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA voted no
Bob Filner D-CA voted no
Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO voted no
Joel M. Hefley R-CO voted no
Rosa L. Delauro D-CT voted no
Gary A. Franks R-CT voted no
Carrie P. Meek D-FL voted no
John R. Lewis D-GA voted no
Neil Abercrombie D-HI voted no
Thomas Latham R-IA voted no
Bobby L. Rush D-IL voted no
Luis V. Gutiérrez D-IL voted no
Cardiss Collins D-IL voted no
Jerry Francis Costello D-IL voted no
Peter Visclosky D-IN voted no
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN voted no
John Walter Olver D-MA voted no
Peter Gerard Torkildsen R-MA voted no
Edward John Markey D-MA voted no
James Longley R-ME voted no
David Edward Bonior D-MI voted no
Sander Martin Levin D-MI voted no
Gilbert W. Gutknecht R-MN voted no
Bruce Frank Vento D-MN voted no
Martin Olav Sabo D-MN voted no
William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO voted no
Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO voted no
Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO voted no
Roger F. Wicker R-MS voted no
Bennie Thompson D-MS voted no
Gary Eugene (Gene) Taylor D-MS voted no
Fred Heineman R-NC voted no
Melvin L. Watt D-NC voted no
Frank Pallone Jr. D-NJ voted no
Richard Zimmer R-NJ voted no
Robert Menendez D-NJ voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
Edolphus Towns D-NY voted no
Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY voted no
José E. Serrano D-NY voted no
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey D-NY voted no
Paul Eugene Gillmor R-OH voted no
Sherrod Brown D-OH voted no
James A. Traficant Jr. D-OH voted no
Robert William Ney R-OH voted no
Peter Anthony Defazio D-OR voted no
Robert Anthony Borski Jr. D-PA voted no
Frank R. Mascara D-PA voted no
Van Hilleary R-TN voted no
Jonas Martin Frost D-TX voted no
Solomon P. Ortiz D-TX voted no
Frank Tejeda D-TX voted no
Raymond Eugene (Gene) Green D-TX voted no
Owen Bradford Pickett D-VA voted no
James A. Mcdermott D-WA voted no
Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. D-WV voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Jane L. Harman D-CA
Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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